Example sentences of "and [vb past] for [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked up the telephone and asked for a courier service . |
| 2 | As we set course down the first valley low stratus blocked our way , and since squeezing underneath received a thumbs-down from both pilot and passenger , we orbited and asked for an IFR clearance . |
| 3 | Jeffrey had a word with Serevi , who to Townsend 's bewilderment , appeared at his shoulder and asked for the Gala teenager 's autograph . |
| 4 | He turned to the right and made for the north choir aisle . |
| 5 | He turned professional when he was sixteen and fought for the featherweight title of Great Britain , a bout he lost to Micky McGuire . |
| 6 | When she followed the instructions and applied for a job interview she was told : ‘ Sorry , we are only recruiting staff from Ireland . ’ |
| 7 | A competitor par excellence , Sarah passed six ‘ O ’ levels , rode for the school team at Hickstead , starred in amateur dramatic productions and swam for the school team . |
| 8 | Without a word , Roberts rose and headed for the service hatch . |
| 9 | Both Jack and Miguel finished with par fours and headed for the PGA hut to check and sign their scores . |
| 10 | His digital watch and the clock on the wall of the administration building foyer tallied at three precisely when Manville finally strolled in through the glass swing doors and headed for the reception desk . |
| 11 | Diplomatically , he took the golf bag from me and headed for the car park . |
| 12 | Discarding the bird bone , Grimm gathered up Meh'Lindi 's silk gown , stole and slippers from where they still lay and headed for the bedroom door , followed by Meh'Lindi . |
| 13 | We decided to use our green ballot box that we made and painted for the Maastricht campaign for people to post their cards into so that we can count them at the end and post them all together . |
| 14 | Julian Hayman was the same age as Quinn and they had known each other when Quinn lived in London and worked for the underwriting firm specializing in protection and hostage release . |
| 15 | The new cars were a sensation when they first appeared , passengers let old cars pass in order to ride on them , and upon entering removed their hats and looked for a door mat ! |
| 16 | She relatched the window and looked for the deadlock key on the ring , but Carson said , ‘ I 'll see to that later . |
| 17 | and looked for the leather case with his glasses in . |
| 18 | Three hours later , Becky returned and went for a lunchtime drink with Jamie to talk things over . |
| 19 | Preston untangled his arm from around her shoulder and reached for the brandy glass . |
| 20 | She tugged on a gown and gloves , and reached for the lavage tube , lubricating it . |
| 21 | She took another steadying breath and reached for the report book . |
| 22 | He sidled into the utility room , treading with remembered caution , and reached for the light switch . |
| 23 | Lydia began to feel the need to laugh and reached for the vodka bottle . |
| 24 | I shook and panicked and wept for the fist time since he 'd been born . |
| 25 | In Cambridge in the 1930s he ran a gallery of modern art with Julian Trevelyan , edited Shakespeare 's 1593 Quarto of Venus and Adonis , with Jacob Bronowski [ q.v. ] founded and wrote for the magazine Experiment , and designed sets and costumes for theatrical productions . |
| 26 | Bert Midgeley watched him disappear over the hill towards Wanswell and wished for the millionth time that Simon was still with him . |
| 27 | He lay on the narrow bed and waited for the basement gate to bang in the windswept night , until he remembered it was no longer there . |
| 28 | It might not be in strain-on-your-meat-pies Trideocolor or go on all night like America 's bloody buggering 119 channels , but at least some nice bint like his old French teacher came on at ten-thirty and said good night as you drank your bloody buggering Ovaltine and waited for the shipping forecast . |
| 29 | She went back to the telephone , dialled Sybil 's number and waited for the ringing tone . |
| 30 | The DDA sat back and waited for the Exec Director to continue . |